Coober Pedy Solar Power Station

The Coober Pedy Solar Power Station was planned to be Australia’s largest off-grid solar power station, located at remote Coober Pedy in South Australia’s far north. The project would cost $7.1 million and the Australian Government promised providing $3.55 million under its Renewable Remote Power Generation program. When completed at the end of 2009, the power station was to consist of 26 solar dishes, each one 14 metres high, which would track the arc of the sun. The power plant was to generate about 1860 megawatt hours a year, 13 per cent of Coober Pedy’s total electricity requirements. It would cut diesel fuel consumption by up to 520,000 litres a year, saving 1,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.^[1]

The Government had negotiations with two proponents and failed to convince either of the viability of the project. The project never went ahead.^[2]

References

↑ $7.1M Solar power plant for Coober Pedy
↑ "EMPTY PROMISES DELIVER NOTHING Coober Pedy Power Station". Rowan Ramsey MP. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

Energy in South Australia

Proposed power stations	Arckaringa Kingston

Coal	Northern Playford B

Gas	Dry Creek Hallett Osborne Pelican Point Quarantine Torrens Island

Solar	Coober Pedy Solar Power Station Solar Systems, Umuwa

Wind	Canunda Cathedral Rocks Hallett Lake Bonney Mt Millar Snowtown Starfish Hill Waterloo Wattle Point List of wind farms in SA

Companies	Adelaide Electric Supply Company ElectraNet Electricity Trust of South Australia SAGASCO SA Power Networks Santos

Other	Australian Energy Market Operator Electricity Supply Industry Planning Council Essential Services Commission of South Australia

List of power stations in South Australia

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